Minutes of the KPFK Local Station Board Meeting of May 22, 2010

A regular, monthly meeting of the KPFK Local Station Board was held on Saturday May 22, 2010 at The Workmen's Circle, 1525 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90035. John Cromshow served as Chair. John P. Garry III served as Secretary Pro-Tem. No minutes were approved.

12:30 PM Closed Session, 1:30 PM Open Session (scheduled).

Fifteen members were present, constituting a quorum: Ken Aaron, Rodrigo Argueta, John Cromshow, Kim Kaufman, Dutch Merrick, Margie Murray, Shawn Casey O'Brien, John Parker, Reza Pour, Leslie Radford, Summer Reese,?Ricco Ross,?Bree Walker, Donna Warren, John Wenger.

Also present: Alan Minsky (KPFK Interim Program Director), Richard Vega (Parliamentary Advisor).

Five members were excused: Luis Cabrales, Rufina Juarez, Fred Klunder, Ali Lexa, Lamont Yeakey (present at closed session).

Three members were absent: Jonathan Alexander, Sequoia Olivia Mercier, Raymundo Raynoso.

One member was absent due to suspension: Ian Johnston.

Authority and Notice: This meeting was authorized by the LSB by a motion approved at its meeting of April 22, 2010. Specific notice was posted was posted on the KPFK website and other sites beginning on May 9 and May 17, 2010 (see Appendix A).

Audio Recording: The audio of the meeting was recorded by Terry Goodman and is currently available at the following sites:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ml17op
http://www.easy-share.com/1910381457/klsb100522.mp3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OBOM3XI1

1:55 Closed Session adjourns.

Initiation of Meeting; Call to Order, Welcome and Acknowledgements, Roll Call, Motion for Excused Absences, Proposed Dates for LSB Meetings, Announcements, Approval of Agenda, Approval of Minutes Consent Calendar.

Open Session of the meeting was called to order by the Chair at 2:14 PM.

Welcome and acknowledgements were made by the Chair and Ricco Ross.

Excused absence requests from Luis Cabrales, Rufina Juarez, Fred Klunder, Ali Lexa, and Lamont Yeakey were accepted without objection.

The next meeting of the LSB was tentatively scheduled for the week of June 18th by the Chair.

The Agenda was amended and approved without objection.

The Minutes Consent Calendar was removed from the Agenda.

Motion from Merrick that John Garry be appointed Acting Secretary for this meeting. Motion passed by hand vote: Yes-13 No-1 Abstentions-1.

Motion from Kaufman that LSB members read the minutes and discuss them next month. Motion passed without objection.

PNB DIRECTOR REPORTS

Oral reports were presented by PNB Directors O'Brien, Radford, Ross, and Reese.

Motion from O'Brien: "The KPFK LSB commend Michael Sanchez for the wonderful job he did as Election Supervisor in 2009. We strongly urge that he not be knocked out of consideration for what, on the advise of Counsel, amounts to a non-existent technicality." Motion passed by hand vote: Yes-11 No-1 Abstentions-1.

MANAGEMENT REPORT

Interim Program Director Alan Minsky reports on the recent KPFK fund drive and Arbitron ratings. He responded to questions from the LSB and the public.

The Chair announced an Immigration Clinic Workshop.

REPORT OUT OF THE CLOSED SESSION BY THE CHAIR

The following report was approved by the LSB in executive session on May 22, 2010:

"At the last closed session of the LSB held on April 22, 2010, Board member Ian Johnston was suspended from the LSB and committees thereof for a period of twelve months for conduct unbecoming a member."

Public comment and questions to Alan Minsky were heard for 12 minutes.

The Chair ruled Member Wenger out of order for addressing comments to the public rather than through the Chair. Appeal by O'Brien. Shall the ruling be sustained? Yes-0, No-10, Abstentions-3. Ruling overturned by hand vote.

The Chair declared five a minute break at 4:03 PM. Meeting reconvened by the Chair at 4:12 PM.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Motion from Wenger (as amended by Reese): ?The LSB shall form a PD Search Committee at the June 2010 Meeting, following the same procedure used to select the GM Search Committee, with nine (9) LSB-Listener members, and four (4) LSB-staff members.?
Motion passed by hand vote: Yes-8 No-2 Abstentions-0.

Public comment and responses from the Board were heard for two minutes.

NEW BUSINESS

Motion from Wenger: "Station management shall provide real time, total access to the Arbitron raw data, including historical data, to LSB members, programmers, and station staff." Motion passed by voice vote with 1 abstention.

Motion from Murray to accept Wenger as the new LSB Treasurer. Motion passed by voice vote with one abstention.

REPORT ON THE PrOC MEETING OF MAY 18, 2010

The Chair discussed the history of how the May 18, 2010 PrOC meeting was convened.

Public Comment, with responses from the Board, was heard for 6 minutes.

There were outbursts by two members of the public, including Doug Barnett.
Motions from Aaron and O'Brien that Doug Barnett be named in the minutes for his outburst. So ordered, without objection.

Motion from Reese that an election for Secretary be held at the next meeting. Motion passed without objection.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:18 PM due to lack of quorum.

Public comment continued after adjournment.

Submitted by John P. Garry III, Secretary Pro-Tem
(These minutes were approved by the LSB on 6-24-2010)

Appendix A - Meeting Notice

From: Terry Goodman
To: KPFKLSB Announce, KPFKLSB Yahoo
Subj: PRELIM NOTICE - KPFK LSB Closed & Open, 5/22/10, 12:30 pm
Cc: FreeKPFK

The KPFK Local Station Board will meet in closed session at a location
to be announced at 12:30 pm on Saturday, May 22, 2010.ÿ A two-hour
public meeting will follow the closed session, beginning at about 1:30
pm.

Refs:
http://www.kpfk.org/lsbpnbmenu/93-calenderandnotices/3544-lsb-closed-and-open-52210-1230-pm.html
http://www.kpfk.org/eventcal.html?task=view_detail&agid=1256&year=2010&month=05&day=22
http://www.kpftx.org/pacalendar/calresults.php?eventdate=20100522

Date: 17 May, 2010, 4:35 am
From: Terry Goodman
To: KPFKLSB Announce, KPFKLSB Yahoo
Subj: NOTICE - KPFK LSB, 5/22/2010, 12:30 pm
Cc: FreeKPFK

The KPFK LSB (Local Station Board) is scheduled to meet in closed
session for approximately one hour beginning at 12:30 pm on Saturday,
May 22, 2010.ÿ A two-hour public meeting of the LSB is scheduled to
begin at or after 1:30 pm.ÿ Both sessions of this meeting will be at
Workman's Circle, 1525 S. Robertson Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90035-4231.

Refs:
http://www.kpfk.org/lsbpnbmenu/93-calenderandnotices/3544-lsb-closed-and-open-52210-1230-pm.html
http://www.kpfk.org/eventcal.html?task=view_detail&agid=1256&year=2010&month=05&day=22
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=203188;article=11279;title=KPFK-fm%20Chat